Cabinet ironing board



Aug. 21, 1934. J BUFFELEN CABINET IRONING BOARD Filed Feb. 6, 1953 John BQffe/en Patented Aug. 21, 1934 PATEN QFFWE- CABINET IRONING BOARD John Buifelcn,

Application February 6,

3 Claims.

My invention relates to cabinet ironing boards adapted to be manufactured and sold as units and to be set up in a building during construction. The objects of my improved cabinet ironing board are--to provide an ironing board cabinet which will form a flat table adjacent to the ironing board and adapted to receive articles being ironed, or for any other desired use; to provide an improved means for supporting the ironing board atany adjustable height from the floor; to provide improved means whereby, when the ironing board is raised for stowing, it automatically releases the lock and its inner end passes down to the lower end of the cabinet, thereby .15 reducing the height of the cabinet required for the board; to provide means which, when setting up the ironing board for use, automatically supports the inner end of the ironing board at any desired height to which it may be raised; to provide means for automatically supporting the ironing board in level position at whatever height it may be adjusted to; to provide means for holding the ironing board from being forced outward from the cabinet by means of the pressure applied thereto in use; to provide means for supporting a supplemental ironing board at a fixed distance above the main ironing board; and to provide an ironing board and cabinet therefor which is strong in construction; easy to operate and which may be manufactured at a low cost. I attain these and other objects by the devices, mechanisms, and arrangements illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1' is an outside view of my improved cab- .35 inet, as built, into a wall, and with its door closed;

Fig. 2 is a perspective View thereof showing the door thereof opened and the ironing board and table ready for use; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the cabinet after the door is opened and while the ironing board is still in stowed position therein; Fig. 4 is a horizontal cross-section, and showing parts of the two ironing boards and the table when set up for use; Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the cabinet, showing the ironing boards and table set up for use; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the'fitting which holds the ironing board in the cabinet and supports the supplemental ironing board; and Fig. 7 is a vertical longitudinal section, on a larger scale, showing the latch supporting the butt .end of the ironing board in adjusted predetermined positiom Similar numerals of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The cabinet comprises a box adapted to be manufactured and then built into the wall 1 of a Tacoma, Wash.

1933, Serial No. 655,514

block or latch 9 is secured to the lower part 5 of the door on its inner side, adjacent its upper edge, and is adapted to lap over the edge to engage the 'lower part of the part 6 of the door, to hold said part upright until said block 9 is turned on its pivot, out of the Way. A pair of legs 10 are hinged to the inner side of the upper end of the upper part 6 of the door and are held in stowed position by the pivoted block or latch 11. When the cabinet door is opened (Fig. 3) said blocks 9 and 11 may beturned and the upper part 6 may then be swung on the hinges 8 into a horizontal position, and the legs 10will then extend down therefrom and rest on the floor to support the outer end of the table thus formed (Fig. 2), thus providing a convenient table supported by the parts 5 and 10 and extending straight out from the wall 1 of the room.

The inner part of the cabinet is provided, at its lower end with a series of parallel, spaced, cross slats 12 secured to the rear wall 2 thereof, said slats being adapted to be engaged by the ends of the bracket legs supporting the outer'end of the ironing board in its several adjusted heights above the floor, as hereinafter described. The side walls 3 are also provided with vertical grooves 13 (Figs. 4 and 5); These grooves 13 may either be formed in the side walls themselves, or may be formed by securing two parallel separated strips thereto. The grooves 13 are adapted to receive the vertical end legs of the guide fitting as hereinafter described. Also two notched strips 14 are secured to'the inner corners of the cabinet at points at which the level of the ironing board is to be placed. These strips '14 are each provided with a series of notches 15 which are spaced apart distances equal to the spacing of the above described slats 12. The strips 14 are preferably made of wood but are faced with metal strips 16, having coordinated slots therein, and adapted to'take the wear of the hereinafter described latches thereon.

The ironing board 17 is of the usual :form but has a groove 18 across its inner or butt end. This butt end of the ironing board is held in the cabinet by means of a fitting mountedin said groove 18. This fitting comprises a metal rod or heavy wire bent to the form shown in Fig. 6 and comprising two horizontal sections 19 adapted to lie in the groove 18; two vertical end sections 20 adapted to lie in the above described grooves 13 in the side walls 3 of the cabinet and extending above and below the ends of said sections 19; two ofiset parts 21 extending from the inner ends of the parts 19 and leaving the groove 18 towards the rear; two vertical legs 22 extending upward from the rear ends of the offset parts 21; and a connecting horizontal cross-piece 23, joining the upper ends of the legs 22 and adapted to support the butt end of the supplemental ironing board 24. The horizontal sections 19 of the fitting are held in the groove 18 by means of suitable straps 25 secured to the ironing board. Thus the butt end of the ironing board 17 is held in the cabinet but is free to move vertically therein, being guided by said fitting moving vertically in the grooves 13, and is also free to turn on said fitting to bring the ironing board into or out of the cabinet. When the ironing board is in vertical or almost vertical position it is free to be moved up or down, as hereinafter described.

The butt end of the board 1'? is held from downward movement, in adjusted position, when horizontal, by means of two latches 26 mounted on the under side of the board andprojecting therefrom to enter any-of the notches 15, above described (Fig. 7). These latches are mounted under the board in such manner as to be free to move inward or outward therefrom butare engaged by suitable springs 27 by which they are normally thrust out to their fullest extent. The tips of the latches are beveledon their upper sides to enable the board 17 to be raised from engagement with one set of notches '15 to the next set above it by simply lifting the outer end of the board 17. The outer end of the board 17 is supported-in horizontal position by means of a pair of bracket legs 28 which are secured to the ironing board 17, at a point about midway of its length, by meansof hinges 29. The lower end of the bracket legs 28 are secured together by a cross piece 30 which, in turn, is attached to the butt end of the board 17 by means of a chain 31, or other suitable means. This chain 31, therefore, limits the motion of the legs 28 on their hinges and is of such length that, when the latches 26 are in any of the above described notches 15, to support the butt end of the ironing board at a particular height, the inner ends of the legs 28 are restingon the corresponding cross slat 12 and hold the whole ironing board in horizontal position.

The supplemental ironing board 24 is also provided with a groove across its butt end, in which the horizontal central part 23 of the above described fitting, is secured, thereby holding said butt end of the board 24 at a fixed distance from the corresponding part of the main ironing board 17 and also securely holding the supplemental board 24 in'the cabinet. The board 24 is also I provided with folding legs 32 adapted to rest on raising of the inner end of the board 17, the latches 26 are forced inward out of engagement with the particular notches 15 in which they have been resting, and by turning the board on the parts 19 the said latches are held from again engaging any of the said notches 15 and the legs 28 are freed from engagement with the slats 12, so that the board is now free to be lowered at its butt end and raised at its outer end into a vertical position wherein it lies wholly within the cabinet (Fig. 3). In setting up the ironing board for use, the opposite action is hadz-the board is raised at the same time that it is turned down and when it is at the required level the latches 26 are permitted to enter the corresponding notches 15 and the bracket legs 28 enter the spaces between the corresponding slats 12, and the board is then level and ready for use. Then, if desired, the supplemental board 24 may be lowered to bring its leg 32 in contact with the top side of the board 17 (Fig. 5). 7

- Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A cabinet ironing board comprising a cabinet; an ironing board; means for holding the butt end of said ironing board in said cabinet but permitting vertical movement thereof therein; vertical notched racks in the inner corners of said cabinet; spring-ejected latches extending into said cabinet from the butt end of said ironing board and adapted to engage the notches in said racks to support the, butt end of the ironing board at apredetermined height therein; and means Within said cabinet and cooperating with means on said ironing board and adapted to hold the outer end of said ironing board atthe same predetermined height. v

2. A cabinet ironing board comprising a cabinet; an ironing board; means for holding the butt end of the ironingboard in said cabinet but. permitting vertical movement thereof therein; ver tical notched racks in the inner corners of said cabinet; means mounted on said ironing board and, engaging the notches in. said racks tosupport the butt end of the ironing board at a predetermined height therein; spaced slats in said cabinet and spaced'to correspond with the spacing of the notches in said racks; bracket legs hingedly secured to'said ironing board and adapted to en' gage said spaced slats to holdup the outer end of said ironing board; and flexible means joining the butt. end of said ironing board with the lower end of said bracket legs, whereby said legs will automatically engage the slat which will hold said ironing board horizontal.

3. A cabinet ironing board comprising a cabinet; vertical grooves formed in the inner sides thereof; a fitting mounted across said cabinet and in said grooves and adapted to slide vertically therein and having vertical end extensions thereon whereby said fitting is prevented from turning in said grooves; a central vertical extension to said fittings; a main ironing board mounted on the lower portion of said fitting and adapted to turn thereon; means for holding said main ironing board and fitting at a predetermined height; a supplemental ironing board mounted on said central upward extension of said fitting, and adapted to turn thereon, whereby the butt end of said supplemental ironing board is held ata constant distance above saidmain ironing board;

and means adapted to support said supplementalironing board in horizontal position.

JOHN BUFFELEN. 

